Citizens of the U.S. exchanged goods and services through the barter system before the first coinage act in the United States. No coins were available at this time except for various foreign coins ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "I, like many of my colleagues, was a coin collector from a very young age," said Mark Schimel. Schimel's curiosity about coins led him to Stack's Bowers Galleries ...

Doug Barton is a numismatist — a coin and currency collector. He is also a docent at the Great Bridge Battlefield and Historic Waterways Museum in Chesapeake. Barton blends his hobby with his interest ...